Well apparently my phone number is for sale on Ebay. Well a Jersey version of the phone number.
I feel bad who ever has the Massachusetts version because (617)867-5309 is my go-to fake number. Has been for years. And amazingly (not amazingly?) not one single guy has ever picked up on it. EVEN WHEN I MAKE IT COMPLETELY OBVIOUS.
If you ask for my number and I hand you this? You’ve been had.
(Thanks for the tip Andrew. And you’re one of the lucky ones who got my number. Consider yourself special.)
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Naturally, we’re discussing this over at Universal Hub, because how could we not (also, because every mention of that song makes it start rattling around your brain until you find some way to exorcise it), and somebody wants to know what you’d do if some guy DID recognize the number and started singing it.
No foul –
Gem Plumbing & Heating Co.
(617) 867-5309
41 Belvidere St, Boston, MA 02115
I remember being in college at Mount Ida College, and going to Boston for the club scene. Guys would ask me my number all the time, and instead of giving mine, I’d give a fake number. I remember the 617 days. Now it’s 781 for most people…
What’s funny is that I think a lot of people think I’m giving them a bogus number when I’m giving them mine, because there are so many repeating numbers. Nope.
(Not that I’m giving out my numbers to random people. Ahem. Except that one guy at Lefty O’Douls. No, wait. There were no guys in there. Right.)
(You need to teach San this trick, so she can better stave off skeezy San Franciso stalker guys. Heh.)
if the guys arent recognizing the number then you are attracting some total herbs. but then again what do you expect when you go to places that offer pomegranate martinis?
That’s really funny — I can’t believe they don’t catch on! I like to give out my old phone number or a number from my childhood hometown that I still remember, but with a nice little 617 stuck in front of it. Well done.